Daily Dose (Sept 3 – 6)
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3 -- Some days it helps to practice what you preach.I’m not sure why that isn’t easy. But there you go.I do know this, when you give yourself the permission to savor the day, and let your soul…
Letting our soul catch up
I love the heartening story Sue Monk Kidd tells about her grandfather.“My grandfather was a lawyer, a judge, and a farmer. He was frequently busy and conquesting, but I remember also that he sometimes entered the golden moments of wu…
Daily Dose (Aug 27 – 30)
TUESDAY AUGUST 27 -- Late in her life, May Sarton was questioned about what she wanted to be when she “grew up.” She replied, “To be human.”Not bad. To be human is about regaining what has been lost in the…
Be gentle with yourself
Care of any kind—compassion, generosity, forgiveness, reconciliation, peacemaking, service, ministry, teaching, giving, healing—begins with and is nourished by self-care. By self-compassion.So. Our invitation this week; let us be gentle with ourselves. A restorative mainlined straight to the heart. Although, my…
Daily Dose (Aug 20 – 23)
TUESDAY AUGUST 20 -- This week, choosing to live deliberately. Referencing my story about a sign, as I entered a public park, “Enter at your own risk.”I do want to live deliberately. To care, to grieve, to love, to begin…
Worth the risk
Last night our sky lit up, glowing with drama and theater, flashes of lightning followed by resounding thunder, accompanied by wind and heavy rain. And let’s just say, this is very rare for the PNW, especially in August. Even so,…
Daily Dose (Aug 13 – 16)
TUESDAY AUGUST 13 -- This week we will take to heart Ashley Judd’s reflection, “You can pretend to care, but you can’t pretend to show up.”And we will remember that regardless of our circumstances, life pulls us inexorably toward love…
The gift of showing up
As I write this, I’m relishing revisiting an article I had clipped, with a photo of the man giving this testimonial: "It made me feel like a human being again."Wow. Is he referring to a church? To a mandatory therapy…
Daily Dose (Aug 6 – 9)
TUESDAY AUGUST 6 -- On one morning walk, I asked my friends the Vashon Island sheep, “You guys have this thing—living the present—down, with no anxiety. What’s up with that?”The answer came in their unruffled demeanor, “It helps to distinguish…
Where we begin to heal
“Oh the land of the cloudless day,” Willie sings. The music is cranked up, of course, to the level that makes your heart swell. And I smile big, thinking how I prefer my life and my stories that way; with…
